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Cyclefrance · 05-22-2006, 02:01 PM

Blair is desperate to find a legacy to leave behind when he eventually quits the PM job. It's proving difficult though - everything he has touched so far has backfired on him big time.

Latest contender: The City Academy Schools - a series of ultimately up to 200 elitist schools that are funded outside of the normal educational budget and have attracted sponsorship from big businesses.

Not looking too good at the moment however. The architect Lord Foster has been contracted to design nine of the schools which are costing an average of £32million each ( compared to a normal comprehensive which costs £17 million). And the teaching results aren't proving to be that fantastic either.

Time yet to see the situation change but it might take a bit longer than what he has left... especially when one teachers' union rep states about an academy in his location: 'We have known since the first academy was opened that they are extremely expensive. They are draining money away from the education service and undermining the provision of education throughout the area'

05-22-2006, 02:01 PM	#44
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	Blair is desperate to find a legacy to leave behind when he eventually quits the PM job. It's proving difficult though - everything he has touched so far has backfired on him big time. Latest contender: The City Academy Schools - a series of ultimately up to 200 elitist schools that are funded outside of the normal educational budget and have attracted sponsorship from big businesses. Not looking too good at the moment however. The architect Lord Foster has been contracted to design nine of the schools which are costing an average of £32million each ( compared to a normal comprehensive which costs £17 million). And the teaching results aren't proving to be that fantastic either. Time yet to see the situation change but it might take a bit longer than what he has left... especially when one teachers' union rep states about an academy in his location: 'We have known since the first academy was opened that they are extremely expensive. They are draining money away from the education service and undermining the provision of education throughout the area' __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears Last edited by Cyclefrance; 05-23-2006 at 12:11 AM.